Mission to Cambodia 2014
from Karen Smith, Nursing student

Today we went to the Sihanouk hospital. Here half of us did check-off for the nurses in the hospital. Check offs was a type of memorization on a certain nursing process and skill. The five check offs we did were diabetes, pain, SBAR, Confidentiality and drug calculation. The nurses only have one check off a year, it is a big deal for them and they study very hard. It is all in English so many are more nervous about speaking the English correctly than knowing the skills. Everyone, however, had really excellent English. It was great to interact with them in this setting. Knowing as nursing students we have been in their shoes countless times.

The other half of the students were placed in different units of the hospital to have a clinical rotation. Continue reading →